Credit Controller

Reed; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Reed Accountancy is supporting a well-established tech business in Victoria to recruit a Credit Controller into their friendly head office finance team for a 12-month fixed term contract. Location is London Victoria; hybrid policy is office-based 4 days per week.

Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, the role manages the Sales Ledger, chases overdue payments by phone and email, processes card payments, and ensures issues are recorded and resolved efficiently.

Qualifications

• Proven sole-charge credit control experience.
• High-volume transactional experience is essential.
• Good knowledge of Excel.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Fantastic communication skills, proactive and well organised.
• Enthusiastic to control the ledger and take responsibility.
• Able to work as part of a team and independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Full management of the Sales Ledger including chasing overdue payments by phone and email and resolving customer queries.
• Process card payments.
• Inform department managers of collection issues and ensure they are logged on the system.
• Run and manage system reports relating to the sales ledger and address issues promptly.
• Reconcile the sales ledger to control accounts at month-end and produce related reports.
• Allocate customer receipts.
• Perform customer account reconciliations.
• Assist with legal proceedings when escalated.
• Monitor the credit control mailbox and respond to queries.
• Keep information up to date.

Skills

Sole-charge credit control

High-volume transactions

Excel

Attention to detail

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Excel

Job description

Location: London Victoria

Duration and hours: 12-month fixed term contract, 9am-5pm with 30 minutes for lunch

Hybrid policy: Office based 4 days per week

Are you a driven Credit Controller or Accounts Assistant with confidence to work in a fast-paced, high-volume role? Reed Accountancy is supporting a well-established tech business in Victoria to recruit a Credit Controller into their friendly head office finance team for a 12-month fixed term contract.

Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, this role requires someone with a communicative, confident and proactive approach.

The role is a great opportunity to develop your finance career in an exciting environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Full management of the Sales Ledger from chasing overdue payments via phone and email, issuing statements to resolving queries from customers
• Process card payments
• Ensure that department managers are made aware of any issues they need to deal with (relating to the collection of debt) and ensure that any such issues are recorded on the system
• Control and process all system reports relating to the sales ledger and ensure that any problems that occur are dealt with on a timely basis
• Agree sales ledger to control accounts at month-end and produce reports as required
• Allocation of customer receipts
• Customer account reconciliation
• Assist with Legal proceedings when issues are escalated
• Monitor credit control mailbox and deal with phone queries
• Ensure information is kept up to date

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience in a sole-charge Credit Control role
• Previous experience in highly transactional businesses is essential
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Strong attention to detail
• Fantastic communication skills, proactive and very organised
• Enthusiastic to control the ledger and take full responsibility
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently with minimum supervision